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River:	Blacklick Creek
Reach #:	Blacklick Creek [PA] Route 259 to Saylor Park in Blacklick II-III(IV) low 01h17m [detail]
Section:	Route 56 to Josephine
Location:	half mile below put-in at Twin Rocks
Water Level:	Medium
Difficulty:	III
Hazard Codes:	Blast rock, Low Head Dam, High Water, Hydraulic/Keeper Hole, Man-made Debris Strainer, Pin/Broach, Rocks that cause blunt trauma, Natural Strainer or Sieve, Water Temp, Waterfall
Detailed Description:	A WEIRD ENCOUNTER ON BLACKLICK CREEK In the Spring of 1996 a friend and I ran the South Branch of Blacklick Creek in Western Pennsylvania . It was a nice Class II-III run at “two days after a heavy rain” level. We ran into a unique hazard which we thankfully avoided. About a half mile below the put-in at Twin Rocks we came around a moderately sharp sweeping turn with a cliff on the outside and noticed a hole near the cliff. The hole was a mine shaft and it was swallowing about a fourth of the river. It looked big enough to pull in a lot more water. We wondered where the water went (we know of a discharge about six miles downstream) and then said, “What would this be like at high water? The thought of a whirlpool leading to an abandoned underground coal mine was the stuff of nightmares. SOURCE: rec.boats.paddle
Report Status:	Completed

River:

Blacklick Creek

Reach #:

Blacklick Creek [PA]

Route 259 to Saylor Park in Blacklick II-III(IV)

low

01h17m

[detail]

Section:

Route 56 to Josephine

Location:

half mile below put-in at Twin Rocks

Water Level:

Medium

Difficulty:

III

Hazard Codes:

Blast rock, Low Head Dam, High Water, Hydraulic/Keeper Hole, Man-made Debris Strainer, Pin/Broach, Rocks that cause blunt trauma, Natural Strainer or Sieve, Water Temp, Waterfall

Detailed Description:

A WEIRD ENCOUNTER ON BLACKLICK CREEK

In the Spring of 1996 a friend and I ran the South Branch of Blacklick Creek in Western Pennsylvania . It was a nice Class II-III run at “two days after a heavy rain” level. We ran into a unique hazard which we thankfully avoided. About a half mile below the put-in at Twin Rocks we came around a moderately sharp sweeping turn with a cliff on the outside and noticed a hole near the cliff. The hole was a mine shaft and it was swallowing about a fourth of the river. It looked big enough to pull in a lot more water. We wondered where the water went (we know of a discharge about six miles downstream) and then said, “What would this be like at high water? The thought of a whirlpool leading to an abandoned underground coal mine was the stuff of nightmares.

SOURCE: rec.boats.paddle

Report Status:

Completed

Accident Database: Accident #1132